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Mayonia callicarpae Takagi, 2003 (Diaspididae: Mayonia)

Mayonia callicarpae Takagi 2003: 82. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Luzon, Albay, foot of Vulcano Mayon, 850 m.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Los Banos: Entomological Museum, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Body moderately elongate, fusiform; metathorax and free abdominal segments gently lobed laterally; pygidium roundish marginally. Prepygidial derm membranous; abd I with a rather large submarginal dorsal boss; pygidium sclerotic dorsally, the ventral surface sclerotized towards the apex. Antennae situated within the frontal margin, separated from each other by a space narrower than the frame of the mouth-parts, each with a long seta. (Takagi, 2003) Second-instar male homomorphic, with the median trullae elongate and serrate as in the adult female and the second-instar female. (Takagi, 2003)
Biology: Females and males occur on the lower surface of the leaves, both burrowing under the tomentum; tests elongate, thin, and white, those of the male much narrower. (Takagi, 2003)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2003.

Takagi2003: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 82, 107, 131-132